Jan 26, 2015, 11:30 am
Last edit by: missydarlin
Summary of storm related activity as it relates to Alaska Airlines
Weather Waiver
Event:
Northeast Winter Storm
Travel To/From:
Baltimore (BWI), Boston (BOS), Newark (EWR), Philadelphia (PHL), and Washington, D.C. - Reagan National (DCA).
Tickets Purchased On/Before:
January 25, 2015.
Original Travel Dates:
January 26-27, 2015
Exception Policy:
We will waive the change fees and the difference in the price of your ticket, if your new travel is booked in the same cabin and completed on or before February 1, 2015. You may also request a refund if you have chosen not to travel at all. Refunds must be requested by February 1, 2015.
Flight Status
Cancellations:
Baltimore (BWI): None yet
Boston (BOS): flights cancelled for Tuesday.
Newark (EWR): All flights cancelled for Tuesday except AS14 SEA-EWR evening arrival
Philadelphia (PHL): None yet
Washington, D.C. - Reagan National (DCA): None yet
Destination specific warnings:
Boston: Blizzard warning in effect. 2-3 feet of snow expected. State of Emergency. Driving ban in effect as of Midnight 1/26/15. Public transportation closed on Tuesday
New York: News is reporting this to be the worst winter storm in recorded history in NYC
Washington DC: Please fill in the blanks
Weather Waiver
Event:
Northeast Winter Storm
Travel To/From:
Baltimore (BWI), Boston (BOS), Newark (EWR), Philadelphia (PHL), and Washington, D.C. - Reagan National (DCA).
Tickets Purchased On/Before:
January 25, 2015.
Original Travel Dates:
January 26-27, 2015
Exception Policy:
We will waive the change fees and the difference in the price of your ticket, if your new travel is booked in the same cabin and completed on or before February 1, 2015. You may also request a refund if you have chosen not to travel at all. Refunds must be requested by February 1, 2015.
Flight Status
Cancellations:
Baltimore (BWI): None yet
Boston (BOS): flights cancelled for Tuesday.
Newark (EWR): All flights cancelled for Tuesday except AS14 SEA-EWR evening arrival
Philadelphia (PHL): None yet
Washington, D.C. - Reagan National (DCA): None yet
Destination specific warnings:
Boston: Blizzard warning in effect. 2-3 feet of snow expected. State of Emergency. Driving ban in effect as of Midnight 1/26/15. Public transportation closed on Tuesday
New York: News is reporting this to be the worst winter storm in recorded history in NYC
Washington DC: Please fill in the blanks
Storm Of The Century - East Coast 1/26/15 - 1/28/15
Jan 26, 2015, 11:30 am
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Storm Of The Century - East Coast 1/26/15 - 1/28/15
I know there are a few mixed threads about east coast weather waivers since the storms decided to wait until this last week. It does not appear AS has cancelled any flights yet but If you are booked especially for Tuesday you should get ahead of the crowds and rebook now using the weather waiver.
Expect northeastern seaboard to be shut down. They are calling this the worst storm in recorded history for NYC.
Massachusetts has already declared a state of emergency. Driving ban is going into effect at midnight tonight. Unless the forecasts are completely wrong, I do not expect it to be lifted until Wednesday at the earliest.
*Edit* the cancellations have started
Expect northeastern seaboard to be shut down. They are calling this the worst storm in recorded history for NYC.
Massachusetts has already declared a state of emergency. Driving ban is going into effect at midnight tonight. Unless the forecasts are completely wrong, I do not expect it to be lifted until Wednesday at the earliest.
*Edit* the cancellations have started
Last edited by CDKing; Jan 26, 2015 at 11:52 am
Jan 26, 2015, 2:16 pm
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any updates on the 28th? Maybe I shall change my flights.
Jan 26, 2015, 2:47 pm
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Does that mean Tuesday night or Wednesday night at midnight? I had thought basically tomorrow will be the actual brutal storm, with Wednesday pretty much: The Aftermath, Day 1.
Jan 26, 2015, 2:49 pm
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Jan 26, 2015, 3:09 pm
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I think it means 28th mightnight, but it is just eastimate, Alaska's warning says 26-27 flights are effected and offers free cancelation and change, but who knows, they might extend the dates and flights as the situation goes more extreme, does not look good so far. We will see.
Jan 26, 2015, 3:25 pm
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Jan 27, 2015, 7:29 am
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Although by 8am we already had 2 feet in Central MA
Jan 27, 2015, 12:37 pm
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Storm Of The Century - East Coast 1/26/15 - 1/28/15
Glad it went North of PHL. We had an on-time departure & it looks good for a quick turn. A lot of people seemed to have been spooked by the storm - I've never seen a load this light. Seat map 36 hours ago was full but I'd estimate we've got 60 +/- on board.
I upgraded to F at T-120 & it had been full. As of this morning so many cancelations that 6 spots opened for upgrades at T-2 or so.
I upgraded to F at T-120 & it had been full. As of this morning so many cancelations that 6 spots opened for upgrades at T-2 or so.